Team Lead Platform Core Product (AI)

TL;DR

Team Lead Platform Core Product (AI/Go): Leading a team of senior engineers to develop platform-level outcomes for ERP automation with an accent on technical leadership, Go development, and MySQL optimization. Focus on scaling high-load systems, coordinating cross-team initiatives, and maintaining high engineering standards.

Location: Remote Global or Onsite in Zurich

Company

hirify.global is a Swiss SaaS scaleup redefining ERP automation using agentic AI for large enterprises.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a team of 5-8 senior engineers on high-impact platform projects.
• Coordinate across engineering teams to align priorities and drive cross-team initiatives to completion.
• Write and review Go code daily, setting the bar for quality, correctness, and design.
• Optimize MySQL performance via query tuning, indexing strategies, and schema design.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and lead incident response for production issues.
• Translate business priorities into a technical roadmap for the team.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading 5+ senior engineers, including hiring and performance management.
• Deep knowledge of MySQL, including performance tuning under real load.
• Experience operating production systems, covering on-call, observability, and postmortems.
• Proficiency in functional programming concepts and languages.
• Ability to think beyond specific frameworks and a commitment to continuous learning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Haskell.
• Experience leading platform or infrastructure teams specifically.
• Background scaling systems with high concurrency or large data volumes.
• Experience hiring senior engineers in competitive markets.

Culture & Benefits

• Technical leadership culture where leads stay hands-on with code and production.
• Environment focused on systems thinking and being a multiplier for the team.
• Opportunity to work with agentic AI in one of Switzerland's fastest-growing SaaS scaleups.
• High engineering standards regarding correctness, observability, and testing discipline.